Kimberly Mitchell

Instructional Officer for Secondary ESL - Katy ISD

[🌍 Dr. Vαℓєηтιηα Gσηzαℓєz ♥️🙌🏽 @ValentinaESL]

Go ahead. Take one.

Thankful and grateful for all the ML/EL teachers who pour hope, encouragement, wisdom, and encouragement into students and colleagues day after day.

The world needs educators like you. Students need educators like you. Colleagues need educators like you.

Thank you for being you! 🙌🏽♥️🌍

#thankful #teachers #educator #educators #teachings #teachingenglish #teachingideas #teachingresources #teachingkids #multilingualism #bilingual_kids

[U.S. Department of Education @usedgov]

ED is launching “Being Bilingual is a Superpower” – a new initiative to promote multilingual education, high-quality language programs, & a diverse multilingual educator workforce across the country. https://t.co/qrtYdiwFTa

[Shanna Snow, M.S.Ed @SnowEducates]

@NataliaESL is a wonderful. Thank you for leading me to brainstorm a new coaching follow-up process.

[Kimberly Mitchell @KimberlyDMitch1]

@DrCarolSalva @NAELPAforELs @KatyOOL @katyisd @Seidlitz_Ed Thank you @DrCarolSalva for pushing me out of my comfort zone!

[Kimberly Mitchell @KimberlyDMitch1]

@Seidlitz_Ed’s Isaac Martinez engaging ICs & EL Facilitators in the power of the Visual Non-Glossary with Roving Paragraph and #QSSSA. Learning through doing and discussing! @KatyOOL

[ᑕᗩᖇᗰEᑎ ᒍᑌᒪIᗩ ᑎGᑌYEᑎ🌎 @cjnguyen10]

The @KatyOOL Title III: Family STEAM was a huge success! Confirmed by the best feedback from our the smiles on our families & one our students, “This was the best day ever!”

[🌍 Dr. Vαℓєηтιηα Gσηzαℓєz ♥️🙌🏽 @ValentinaESL]

Designing effective instruction for multilingual learners means centering their needs and positioning them from their assets.

Growth happens because of the daily practices we embed and it accelerates with consistency.

Don’t lose focus! Learners come first.

#teachingideas #teachingresources #teachingkids #multilingualism #bilingual #languages #teachertraining

[Natalia Heckman @NataliaESL]

My heart is full - supporting secondary ELA teachers with the series of #BuildingBetterWriters sessions by @Seidlitz_Ed

Go Rams! Go Rams! Go Rams!

We are hard at work @KatyOOL @LHerring_MCHS

[Emily Fɾαɳƈιʂ @emilyfranESL]

My favorite #BackToSchool activity is having students create a name tent to help them introduce themselves to class THEN we create our self portraits with visible & invisible traits (posters are an additional step for more info) #IdentityMatters

#PD4uandMe

[Emily Fɾαɳƈιʂ @emilyfranESL]

If you have newcomers, please make time & space for them to truly understand their schedules & teacher’s names.

It’s stressful enough beginning school in a new country, new lang, new culture — explicit explanations would reduce stress & build sociocultural competence #pd4uandme

[Dr. Carol Salva @DrCarolSalva]

🎊💫🙌#QSSSA for the win!!!

[Kimberly Mitchell @KimberlyDMitch1]

@NataliaESL @Seidlitz_Ed So happy that @KatyOOL was one of your stops this week! Enjoy your down time!

[Dr. Carol Salva @DrCarolSalva]

Are you the #Newcomer teacher this year? https://t.co/JqlGRgmunc
That is a very popular video with my 5 top tips for starting the school year strong. Have a great year, EduHero! #MLL #ell #esl #SLIFE #SIFE

[Natalia Heckman @NataliaESL]

The first thing I do to adapt slides for newcomers/ #ELs #MLS is delete 3/4 of the text and all unnecessary decorative elements. See other tips here. https://t.co/cgy59MjhX7

[Natalia Heckman @NataliaESL]

It’s true collaboration between the campus leadership and the multilingual department @KatyOOL!! Adding some tools ⚒️ from #BuildingBetterWriters campus-wide! Thank you for all the prep that went into our day together! @KimberlyDMitch1

[𝕂𝕒𝕥𝕪 𝕀𝕊𝔻 𝕆𝕆𝕃 @KatyOOL]

Our parent center students volunteering at the Katy @SBCHChealth location, getting ready for the vaccine drive.

[ᑕᗩᖇᗰEᑎ ᒍᑌᒪIᗩ ᑎGᑌYEᑎ🌎 @cjnguyen10]

Our toolkits are full and we are ready to continue constructing success for emergent bilingual students. #t3symp23 @KatyOOL

[Kimberly Mitchell @KimberlyDMitch1]

❤️ ❤️ ❤️ It is such an honor to work with this amazing group of educators! @KatyOOL

[Jamie Wolfe @chara_jamie]

What a fantastic group of educators excited to build the blueprint of ESL and BIL education in @KatyOOL #t3symp23

[Kimberly Mitchell @KimberlyDMitch1]

Thank you @LeadingELLs for your heart and expertise! 💜 We are so grateful to have the opportunity to learn from you!

[Pamela Broussard @LeadingELLs]

Since you started working with multilinguals and newcomers, or in education in general, have you ever had PD on the culture of those you serve? KatyISD has! Loved being with @KatyOOL, @katyisd and the passionate educators learning about culture in the Newcomer Classroom.